Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1887-12-13
FOUR DEATHS.
Coroner Meredith Keep
Busy with Inquests.
THE MURDER AT SAN PEDRO.
The Railroad Accident--An Over
dose of Pc sOn--Died From
Heart Disease.


Henry Weitman, who was stabbed al
San Pedro on December 10th by Isa
bella Andross. The facts in the case
were developed as 10 lows: John L.
Hogan testified: | reside in San
Pedro, and am II deputy constable OF
Wilmington. Last night, between
IL 80 and II O'Clock, | was notified
that a man had been cut badly at
Browns dance house. l went and
found a man lying on the floor inside.
just then woman named Isabella
Ardross was brought in and charged
sic mur'er of Henry Weitman.
Sue asked to be locked up, and took
her to San Pedro Jail. When / re-
turned 1 found the physician there,
and after clearing the hall | went to
fsabella's rooms, searched and foupJi
a dress sprinkled with blood and a
doubl .-edged dirk-knife (knife
shown). That is the knife. 1t had
blood stains on it, and they are on
now. The blood on the dress was not
dry when | found it. l found the
knife behind the bureau on top of
some dirty clothing. This morning |
found trail of blood leading from
where, the deceased was found to the
west entrance of the yard, II distance
Of about l35 feet, and in direct course
toward the room OF Isabella AndrO-s. |
also found near the gate bloody cloth
which looked as if it had been used to
wipe bloody instrument. On the
way to the Jail with Isabella,
she told me she had stabbed
Henry. and Immediately afterwards
denied it. When near the Jail she
said that no one saw her do it, and
they would have to prove it.
Charles Sundwal testified: am q
sailor and reside in San Pedro. |
have known deceased about two
years. Last night about half-past II
was coming down from Gus,'s dance
hall toward Browns dance hall.
There / saw the deceased standing
near the door, talking to some other
persons. He asked me if | had met
Isabella. l said eyes; she had a man
along with her that [ did not know"
Henry said he was going to have some
fun and went away. | went into
Browns, and about fifteen minutes
afterwards l and two other men
started for home. Outside of the
door l saw a body lying upon tue
ground, about ten or twelve feet from
the door. Thought it was drunken
person, and turned the body over and
reco, nized it az Henry, the deceased.
When we discovered him he was ly-
ing on his face. While we were car
rying HIM into Browns some one
asked him who did it. He said Isa-
bella did it. We laid him down and
went for the doctor. l saw Isabella
when she came up to Gusss. She
went up to Henry, pulled his hat off /,
and talked with HIM. but | could not
tell what she was saving. They went
off t. Guss's together. About ten
minutes after Henry came back and
had drink. Ten minutes after this
l was on my way down to Browns
when / met Isabella going toward
Guss's. l saw her afterwards in
Browns in charge of the constable.
She asked if the deceased was dead,
and was CRYING at the time.
Joseph Ennis testified reside in
San Pedro, and am a barber. Last
night about IL o'clock | met Isabella
and she told me she wanted to see me,
and asked me To go with her to Guss's.
She asked me if [ knew Henry.
told her might know him by sight
She called one OF the girls out and
began talking with her. Both of
them then went towards Browns.
She was talking in Spanish, and said
Henry had been drinking all night,
, and she wanted to see him. AS we
passed the bridge, where two roads
meet, We met a man going up to
Guss's. After We had passed him
about twenty or thirty steps he called
to Isabella, and she went to him. He
asked her what was the matter with
her. She told him he knew very well
what was the matter. l went away
and left the other woman to wait for
Isabella. lcame to Browns, and was
watching the dancers, when | saw q
lot OF men 60 to the front door. went
there also, and saw three or four men
carrying man inside. Whilst on
the way to Guss's with Isabella, she
said: 81 will fix him tonight, he
has been dancing all night with the
women" She rea he'd under her
clothes when she said she had ONE
thing to Fix him up with" 1 think
it was about 10 minutes after | left
Isabella that saw the body carried
in.
W. A. Weldon testifed--I reside in
San Pedro, and am a practicing ply
stefan and s-rgeon. l assisted to
make post-mortem examination
upon the body of Henry Weitman,
this 18th day of December, 1887.
Body well nourished five feet 10inches
in height light hair ;flaxen moustache /;
blue ewes. External examination
find a punctured wound in the left
groin one inch wide and five inches
in depth. extending do awards, back
ward and inward. Internal exami-
nation find inIestines healthy and
intact, large clot OF blood lying be-
tween the periostrum and the ahdomi-
nal muscles on the left lie; the left
external lilac artery was cut. Cause
of death hemorrhages from the LETT
external lilac artery.
DR., G. B. Briefly also made u post
norton, and gave the same evidence.
Ysodora Soils, dancer at Guss's,
testified to having seen Isabella and
Henry quarrelling in Guss's dance
hall, and accompanied her on the
road till they met a man, when she
returned to the dance.
Antonio Mendes, q dancer at
Browns testified to seeing Henry that
night dancing, and also said that Isa-
bella and Henry lived together in Los
Angeles, also that Isabella wore a
greyish dress at Guss's, and when
brought into Browns wore black OF
blue dress.
Pearl Hinton, dancer at Guss's
stated that Isabella came up there
where Henry was dancing and fol-
lowed him out. He came back short.
" after, and took drink, and ther